Naval service:Kaiser
Franz Joseph I was used as a harbour defence ship at Cattaro. In 1917 she
was completely disarmed and became a floating headquarters. She was ceded to
France as war reparation and foundered off Kumbor in the Bay of Cattaro in 1919.
Kaiserin Elisabeth was stationed in China in 1914 and took part in the
defence of the German naval base at Tsingtao. Her 15cm and 47mm guns were
removed and mounted ashore in the 'Elisabeth' battery. She was scuttled on 2
November 1914, two days before the base surrendered to the Japanese.